Role of prism decussation on fatigue crack growth and fracture of human enamel

Acta Biomaterialia

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 3045-3056

  Bajaj, Devendra ^a   Arola, Dwayne ^a,b  

^a University of Marylandw Baltimore County   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND DENTAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Decussation; DEJ; Enamel; Fatigue crack growth; Fracture

Indexed keywords

CRACKS; FATIGUE CRACK PROPAGATION; FRACTURE; PRISMS;

COMPACT TENSION SPECIMEN; CRACK-GROWTH RESISTANCE; DECUSSATION; DEJ; GROWTH DIRECTIONS; HUMAN ENAMEL; LOW RESISTANCE; MONOTONIC LOAD; NEAR THRESHOLDS; THRESHOLD REGIONS;

ENAMELS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENAMEL; ENERGY ABSORPTION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MOLAR TOOTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRISM; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TOOTH DEVELOPMENT; TOOTH FRACTURE; TOOTH INJURY;

ADULT; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DENTAL ENAMEL; ELASTIC MODULUS; FEMALE; HARDNESS; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, CHEMICAL; TENSILE STRENGTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349149325     PISSN: 17427061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2009.04.013     Document Type: Article

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